Technical Skills: Active Directory and Quest Migration Tools
Contract Duration: 9 Weeks @ 40 hours per week (Lots of Travel Required)Location: Onsite work at nine (9) different locations. Airfare & Hotels will be pre-paid for you. Meals will be reimbursed.
Engagement OverviewWe are seeking an experienced Onsite End-User Computing (EUC) Migration Specialist to support a multi-site workstation and identity migration initiative across nine (9) U.S.-based distribution centers. This role is 100% field-based with lots of travel for all nine (9) weeks of the engagement. You will be working onsite in coordination with a remote migration consultant who will be executing centralized cutover activities.
The successful candidate will act as the on-the-ground execution, validation, and issue-resolution resource, ensuring workstation migrations, Active Directory joins, and user access transitions are completed successfully with minimal business disruption.
- Travel is required to all nine (9) distribution center locations over the course of the engagement
- Candidate must be comfortable with frequent travel and onsite presence during migration windows
- Airfare and Hotels will be prepaid for you. Meals will be reimbursed.
- Monitor and support the onsite progression of workstation migrations while cutover tasks are executed remotely
- Coordinate onsite activities with the remote migration consultant to ensure proper sequencing and timing
- Move systematically through designated areas of each distribution center to support migration progress
- Validate that workstations are successfully migrated and joined to the target Active Directory / tenant
- Confirm successful post-migration functionality including device access, domain membership, and policy application
- Perform spot checks and functional validation to ensure migration integrity
- Assist users experiencing login issues or access problems following migration to the new tenant
- Troubleshoot and remediate issues related to the Quest Desktop Update Agent (DUA)
- Provide real-time support to minimize user downtime during and after migration events
- Serve as the primary onsite point of contact during migration activities
- Identify, document, and escalate issues promptly to the remote migration consultant
- Maintain clear and consistent communication regarding migration status, risks, and blockers
- Coordinate closely with local site contacts as needed to ensure smooth execution
- Report daily progress, issues, and resolutions to the migration lead
- Track migration status across sites and provide feedback on readiness and completion
- Ensure issues are clearly documented and handed off appropriately
- Proven experience supporting end-user computing migrations, workstation refreshes, or domain/tenant transitions
- Strong working knowledge of Active Directory and Windows workstation environments
- Hands-on experience supporting user login, profile, and access troubleshooting
- Familiarity with migration tooling such as Quest Desktop Update Agent (DUA) or similar utilities preferred
- Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to work calmly in live cutover scenarios
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively with remote technical teams
- Prior experience supporting multi-site or distributed environment migrations
- Experience working in warehouse, distribution center, or manufacturing environments
- Ability to work independently and manage onsite priorities with minimal supervision
- Onsite work at distribution centers during active migration periods
- Fast-paced, execution-focused environment with real-time user interaction
- Close collaboration with remote technical resources and project leadership
Skills Required
- Proven experience supporting end-user computing migrations, workstation refreshes, or domain/tenant transitions
- Strong working knowledge of Active Directory and Windows workstation environments
- Hands-on experience supporting user login, profile, and access troubleshooting
- Familiarity with migration tooling such as Quest Desktop Update Agent (DUA) or similar utilities
- Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to work calmly in live cutover scenarios
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively with remote technical teams
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